Top 10 Rice producing countries in the world - production and area under cultivation [2019]

Top 10 Rice producing countries in the world - production and area under cultivation [2019] Last Modified: 22-Mar-2022 6:28 AM
  • 209,614,000 tonnes
    Annual production of Rice in China. Ranked #1, the country accounts for 27.98% of total world Rice production, Cultivated over 29,690,000 hectares. Yield: 70,601 hg/ha.
  • 177,645,000 tonnes
    Annual production of Rice in India. Ranked #2, the country accounts for 23.71% of total world Rice production, Cultivated over 43,780,000 hectares. Yield: 40,577 hg/ha.
  • 54,604,033 tonnes
    Annual production of Rice in Indonesia. Ranked #3, the country accounts for 7.29% of total world Rice production, Cultivated over 10,677,887 hectares. Yield: 51,137 hg/ha.
  • 54,586,344 tonnes
    Annual production of Rice in Bangladesh. Ranked #4, the country accounts for 7.29% of total world Rice production, Cultivated over 11,515,545 hectares. Yield: 47,402 hg/ha.
  • 43,495,488 tonnes
    Annual production of Rice in Vietnam. Ranked #5, the country accounts for 5.81% of total world Rice production, Cultivated over 7,451,544 hectares. Yield: 58,371 hg/ha.
  • 28,617,948 tonnes
    Annual production of Rice in Thailand. Ranked #6, the country accounts for 3.82% of total world Rice production, Cultivated over 9,812,614 hectares. Yield: 29,164 hg/ha.
  • 26,269,814 tonnes
    Annual production of Rice in Myanmar. Ranked #7, the country accounts for 3.51% of total world Rice production, Cultivated over 6,920,875 hectares. Yield: 37,957 hg/ha.
  • 18,814,827 tonnes
    Annual production of Rice in Philippines. Ranked #8, the country accounts for 2.51% of total world Rice production, Cultivated over 4,651,490 hectares. Yield: 40,449 hg/ha.
  • 10,886,000 tonnes
    Annual production of Rice in Cambodia. Ranked #9, the country accounts for 1.45% of total world Rice production, Cultivated over 2,964,493 hectares. Yield: 36,721 hg/ha.
  • 10,527,000 tonnes
    Annual production of Rice in Japan. Ranked #10, the country accounts for 1.41% of total world Rice production, Cultivated over 1,470,000 hectares. Yield: 71,612 hg/ha.
  • 749,189,908 tonnes
    Total world production of Rice. Cultivated over 161,771,753 hectares. The top 10 producing countries account for 84.77% of global production.
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Tags Farming Food Crops Cereals Production Cultivation Rice 2019
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